Licensed to Ill

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Licensed to Ill is the Beastie Boys’ groundbreaking 1986 debut album that fused hip hop with rock and became one of the first rap records to achieve major mainstream success.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf debut album ⓘ
studio album ⓘ
artist Beastie Boys ⓘ
awardReceived RIAA Diamond certification (United States) ⓘ
certification BPI Platinum (United Kingdom) ⓘ
Music Canada Multi-Platinum ⓘ
RIAA Diamond (United States) ⓘ
chartPosition US Billboard 200 number-one album ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
coverArtFeatures airplane with tail number 3MTA3 ⓘ
criticalReception initially mixed but later acclaimed ⓘ
distinction first rap LP to top the Billboard 200 ⓘ
distributedBy Columbia Records ⓘ
followedBy Paul’s Boutique ⓘ
linked to: Paul's Boutique
follows Rock Hard ⓘ
genre golden age hip hop ⓘ
hip hop ⓘ
rap rock ⓘ
hasInfluenceOnGenre alternative hip hop ⓘ
rap rock ⓘ
hasPart Brass Monkey ⓘ
Fight for Your Right ⓘ
Girls ⓘ
Hold It Now, Hit It ⓘ
No Sleep till Brooklyn ⓘ
Paul Revere ⓘ
Posse in Effect ⓘ
Rhymin & Stealin ⓘ
She’s Crafty ⓘ
Slow Ride ⓘ
Slow and Low ⓘ
The New Style ⓘ
Time to Get Ill ⓘ
inception 1986 ⓘ
includedIn lists of greatest hip hop albums ⓘ
influenced mainstream acceptance of hip hop ⓘ
labelImprint Def Jam ⓘ
linked to: Def Jam Recordings
language English ⓘ
length 44:33 ⓘ
mainSubject party culture ⓘ
youth rebellion ⓘ
notableWorkOf Beastie Boys ⓘ
performer Beastie Boys ⓘ
producer Beastie Boys ⓘ
Rick Rubin ⓘ
Russell Simmons ⓘ
recordLabel Columbia Records ⓘ
Def Jam Recordings ⓘ
releaseDate 1986-11-15 ⓘ
releaseYear 1986 ⓘ
styleCharacteristic fusion of rock guitar riffs with rap vocals ⓘ
heavy use of sampling ⓘ

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Def Jam Recordings → notableRelease → Licensed to Ill ⓘ
Beastie Boys → notableWork → Licensed to Ill ⓘ
Adam Horovitz → notableWork → Licensed to Ill ⓘ
Kamikaze → coverArtHomageTo → Licensed to Ill ⓘ
Adam Yauch → notableWork → Licensed to Ill ⓘ
Michael Diamond → notableWork → Licensed to Ill ⓘ
Paul's Boutique → previousWork → Licensed to Ill ⓘ
Fight for Your Right → partOfAlbum → Licensed to Ill ⓘ
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No Sleep till Brooklyn → album → Licensed to Ill ⓘ
Rhymin & Stealin → album → Licensed to Ill ⓘ
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The New Style → album → Licensed to Ill ⓘ
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Slow Ride → album → Licensed to Ill ⓘ
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Time to Get Ill → album → Licensed to Ill ⓘ
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